Automatic storm sash adjuster



Sept. 6, 1932.

E, ALBJERG AUTOMATIC STOEM SASH ADJUSTER Filed Sept. 21, 1.931 2 Sheets-Shee lis Patented Sept. 6, 1932 i PATENT OFFICE.

, EDWINPALBJERG, OF FERGUS FALLS, MINNESOTA` AUTOMATIG STORM SASH ADJUSTER p Applieation filed September 2 1, 1931. Serial No. 564,179.

This invention -aims 'to provide a means whereby, when a sash is raised and' lowered, a storm window may be opened and closed, it being possible, nevertheless, to open thewindow a little, without'opening the closure and a 'it' being possible to told the actuating rod down 'flat on the closure, to 'save space, and to. avoid damage to the rod, when the closure is taken ofl" the window frame 'and stacked i np in the summer time.

^ It is within the province of the disclosure to iinprove generally 'and to enhance the utilityof devices' of'that type to which the invention appertains. u

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the de tails of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein' disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figurel shows in vertical section, a window equipped with the device forming the subject matter of this application;

Figure 2 is a vertical section wherein the window sashes appear in elevation;

Figure 3 is a fragmental horizontal elevation on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a fragmental horizontal section on the line 4:-4 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is an elevation showingthe ro folded against the closure;

Figure 6 is a vertical section showing a different way of using the rod. i

The numeral 1 marks a window frame. An upper sash 2 is vertically slidable in the window frame 1 and includes a bottom rail 3. A lower sash 4 is vertically slidable in the window frame 1. The numeral 5 marks a closure, such as a storm window, hinged at its upper end to the window frame 1, to swing vertically. The hinge for the storm window 5 is designated by the numeral 6.

Vertical bearinrs 7 are secnred by screws 27, or otherwise, to the sides of the closure 5 and are located ne r to the bottom rail3 of the upper sash 2. Horizontal bearings 8 are provided, and have feet 9 at their ends, the feet of the horizontal bearings 8 being attached by screws 10, or otherwise, to` the sides of the closure 5. The horizontal bearings 8 are located considerably below the vertical bearings7. Horizontal arms 11' are overlapped on the upper feet 9 ,of the horizontal bearings 8 and 'are held in place by the p uppermost screws 10, the lower edges of the arms 11 engaging the bearings 8, so that the arms can not move from the horizontal position shown in Figure 5. At their outer ends, the horizontal arms 11 have vertical tubular guides 12, in which latches 14 are vertically slidable, the latches having heads at their ends, s o that the latches can not be disengaged from the guides 12, either upwardly or down wardly. Horizontal keepers 16 are attached in any suitable way, as shown at 17, to the bottom rail3 of the upper sash 2 and project :torwardly with respect to the said rail, as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings. At their 4 inner ends, the keepers 16 have angularly disposed flanges 26, the purpose of which will be made manifest hereinafter. In the edges of the projecting ends of the keepers 16, there are openings or notches 18,

Rods 19 extend lengthwise of the closure 5. Each rod, adjacent toits upper end, has a straight part 20 which is disposed parallel to the closure 5. The straight part 2001: the rod is connected to an ofl set crank 21, mounted to turn in the hearing 7 and provided at its upper end with a laterally projecting finger 22 which keeps the rod in the hearing 7. when the rod is in the hanging position shown in Figure 5 "of the drawings. The lower end of the straight part 20 of the rod is adjoined to an inclined part 23, disposed at` an acute angle to the closure 5. On the lower end of the inclined part 23 of the rod there is an outwardb extended arm 24, terminatingin a lateral finger 25 received in the horizontal hearing 8, and held therein by the latch pin 14:, when the latch pin is in the position shown` in Figure 5. A

The rod 19, and, more specifically, the parts 23 and 20 of the rod, are received slidably in the notch 18 of the keeper 16 on the bottom rail 3 of the upper sash 2. When the straight part 20 of the rod is in the notch 18,.as shown in Figure 1, the storm closure 5 is held in closed position. It is possible to slide the upper sash 2 downwardly a little way, the keeper 17 riding on the straight part 20, without opening the closure 5. Under 'such circumstances whatever air leak in around the closed window 5, and affords some ventilaton, in extremely cold weather. When the upper sash 3 is slid downwardly far enough so that the keeper 16 is on the inclined part 23 of the` rod 19, the closure 5 will be swungv to open position, on its hinges 6, and the further that' the sash 2 is slid downwardly, the more the closure 5 will be opened, until the outer' end of the keeper 16 ultimately comes. into contact with= the arm 24. e I

The finger 25, being received in the bear'- ing 8,. holds the rod 19 in the position shown" in Figure 1, with the parts 20 and of the rod in a plane at right angles to the closure 5, so that when the upper sash 2. is lowered, the elosure will be opened, the closure being closed, asthe upper sash. i's raised.

hen it is desi-red to take cit the closure 5 and stow it away, in the summer time, `the latch pins 1& are pulled up from the position of Figure 5, out of engagement with the inner ends of the fingers 25,\ and out of the position of Figure` 2. This sets the lower ends of the rods 19 free', The upper ends of the rods fit loosely enough in the Vertical upper bearings 7, so that the rods can have a little' swinging movement in the said bearings. The lower ends of the rods are swung laterally in Fignre 2, to disengage the fingers 25 from the horizontal bearings 8,. and, then, the rods are swung in an opposite direction, to get them out of the notches 18 in the keepers 16. Thiis,` the rods 19 are' freed from the keepers 16, without the use of tools. The rods 19 finally maybe turned about an axis in the upper bearings 7, so that the rods lie fiat against the closure 5, as in Figure 5, and one closure can be stacked up on another, space being economized, and there being no chance of bendingthe rods out of shape.

In Figure 6, parte hereinbefore described have been designated by num erals previously used, with thesufiix a. The rod is turned upsidedown, the bearings 'Ta and Sa are shifted' accordingly, and the keeper la is fastened on' the base ot the lower sash 4a by seeuring elements 27, extended through the flange 26@ of the keeper, the closure cbeing operated by the lower sash, instead of by the upper sash.

The elosure 5 'may be connected to the frame 1, near to the lower end of the closure, by pull springs which prevent the closure from rattlng whether that member be open or closed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device for use in connection with a frame, a sash slidable in the frame, and a closure hinged to the top of the frame: a vertical bearng, means for securing the vertical hearing to the. closure a horizontalbearing, means for securing the horizontal hearing to the closure, a rod extended lengthwise of the closure, the rod comprising an inclined part ,disposed at' an acute angl'e to the closure in a plane at right angles to the closure, an arm onone` endof the inclined part and extended toward the closure, and a rectangular finger on the arm, at one end of the rod, the finger being received in the horizontalbearing, the opposite end of the rod being received in the Vertical hearing, a keeper having an opening receiving the inclined portret the rodslidably to open the closure when the sash is slid. in the france means for securig the keeper to the sash, and mechanism for holding the finger in the horizontal hearing, to keep the inclined part of the rod in said plane, at right angles to the closure, said mechanism being movable to permitthefinger to bewithdrawn from the horizontal bearin the red having play enough in the vertical arng to permit the finger to be withdrawn. from the horizontal. hearing, 'and 'to ermit. the :od to be swung of the opening in the keeper, and the rod being rotatable 'in the Vertical hearing, to enable the inclined portion and the arm to lie flat against the closure when the closure is detached from the frame, and stacked.

2. The device of claim 1, further char acterized. by the fact that said mechanism embodies a latch slidable on the horizontal bearing, and engaging the rod adjacent to the inner end of the finger.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my si nature.

EDWIN ALBJ G. 

